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Elizabeth Warren: “The idea of cutting enforcement for the IRS just seems to me not to be serious about collecting the money we need to run…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
The idea of cutting enforcement for the IRS just seems to me not to be serious about collecting the money we need to run the government.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes IRS funding cuts amid significant tax fraud losses.

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